Qie Clan

Biodata

Power Progression

The following milestones track advances among the clan’s leaders and principal retainers, rather than a rank held by the organization itself.

Background and History

Ancestral Foundation

The Qie Clan had been rooted in Cloud Sea Prefecture City for a thousand years and was its most powerful clan when Qie Qiong was young. Despite its standing, its bloodline had passed through a single heir in each generation. Much of its remaining wealth was invested in its private knight order, which had itself produced Transcendent knights 13 22 32.

Several ancestors became Transcendents. The strongest reached Peak Saint Rank, created Thunder Light and Thunder’s Five Transformation Technique, and left the Demigod weapon Thunder Star Sword to safeguard the family. Four inherited Transcendent secret manuals gave descendants a choice of martial paths 4 7.

Thousand-Year Feud with the Xiong Clan

The Qie and Xiong clans were bitter enemies for a thousand years, with broadly comparable fighting strength. Their conflict escalated when the Xiong brothers ambushed Qie Yunzhou and escaped only by using a spatial scroll after discovering his mastery of the Myriad Existences Realm 7 19.

Suspecting an information leak, Qie Yunzhou and Lin Wantang investigated Qie Qiong’s sparring partners, Kang Zhixuan and Qi Lingfei. Qie Yunzhou refused to execute them without evidence, partly because an unjustified killing would damage the clan’s reputation. Kang later exposed himself during an assassination attempt and admitted that he was the Xiong Clan spy Xiong Zhixuan 9 13 16.

After Qie Qiong reached the Myriad Existences Realm of Metal, father and son attacked the Xiong residence in Cangshan County City. They killed the rival clan’s leaders, after which the city’s factions killed the remaining Xiong clansmen and divided the wealth left behind. The manuals, equipment, wealth, and cultivation materials taken from the leaders’ Space Rings strengthened the Qie Clan’s treasury 21 22 23 24.

Mine Crises and Expansion

The clan’s mountain mine contained thunder adamantine important to Qie Qiong’s cultivation. A sixth-tier Thunder Lizard killed miners and a Silver Moon Knight before Qie Yunzhou and Qie Qiong defeated it. Qie Yunzhou then appointed Fang Yun to oversee the mine and left knights to guard it 16 18 19.

Years later, a Space Gate opened in an abandoned tunnel, allowing warriors from another world to massacre miners and guards. Fang Yun summoned Qie Qiong, who destroyed the invaders and investigated the passage. It led to the Extreme Thunder World, a small Transcendent world rich in cultivation resources 26 27 28.

Qie Qiong subsequently eliminated its major threats, stationed a Dou Qi avatar at its Origin Stone veins, and ordered the recruitment of loyal knights and miners. This transformed the mine into the concealed entrance to a much larger resource operation 32 33.

Imperial Persecution and Recovery

After Qie Yunzhou entered Thunder Sacred Land with Lin Wantang, the Thunder Imperial Family seized her and drained her life essence to prolong its Demigod ancestor’s life. Qie Qiong concealed his own Demigod strength, entered the sacred land, and prepared to rescue her 26 34 35.

Ten years later, Qie Qiong fought Lei Wuji, destroyed the imperial family’s central castle, and trapped its ancestor and four Divine Realm War Soldiers in Space Lockdown. He rescued his parents and returned with them to Cloud Sea Prefecture City 36 38 39.

During their absence, the Lieyang Clan had seized the Qie Residence, shops, and businesses. The isolated mining operation remained undiscovered, preserving part of the clan’s elite personnel; Qi Lingfei had also escaped to the mine. Qie Qiong reclaimed the residence and confronted the occupiers. Lieyang Jin and the elders committed suicide after promising to return the property and commemorate the Qie Clan’s dead 39.

Qie Qiong and Qie Yunzhou later returned to Thunder Sacred Land to settle accounts with Lei Wuji. They found that he had sacrificed its inhabitants to summon an avatar of the God of Thunder; Qie Qiong sent his father back to the mortal world before facing the avatar 42.

Rise of Qie Qiong

After becoming a personal disciple of the Space-Time Island Lord, Qie Qiong returned to the Qie Clan and became a Deity in its quiet chamber. His advancement made him the first person in ten thousand years to become a Deity in the Cang Yun Material World. He subsequently used resources from his master to create a clone 44 45.

Qie Qiong later advanced to Second Firmament World Deity under the Space-Time Island Lord. His master also referred to him as a lord of a Material World. Qie Qiong continued to use a quiet chamber in the Qie Clan for cultivation in the Cang Yun Material World 47 81.

Organization and Members

Leadership and Administration

• Qie Yunzhou — Clan head during Qie Qiong’s childhood and later referred to as the old patriarch. Personally trains his son, leads the Purple Thunder Guard, and retrieves ancestral resources from Thunder Sacred Land 4 19 26 35.
• Qie Qiong — Initially the young master and young patriarch; later addressed as clan head. Directs the clan’s expansion into the Extreme Thunder World and provides resources to its administrators 12 26 27 32 41.
• Lin Wantang — Qie Yunzhou’s wife and Qie Qiong’s mother. Her refined pills support Qie Qiong’s early cultivation; she supplies Thunder Scale Secret Armor before the Xiong Clan attack and helps assess the captured wealth afterward 10 22 24.
• Fang Yun — Mine manager who later oversees affairs outside the city, especially the secret mining operation. Receives responsibility for its workers, guards, and security 18 26 35.
• Qi Lingfei — Former sparring partner, loyal retainer, and administrator of Cloud Sea Prefecture City affairs. Advances to Silver Moon Rank with Qie Qiong’s support before receiving further Origin Stone assistance 12 19 26 41.
• Kang Zhixuan / Xiong Zhixuan — Former sparring partner and retainer exposed as an enemy infiltrator. Killed after participating in the Xiong Clan’s attempt on Qie Qiong’s life 12 15 16.

Military and Household

• Knight order: A privately maintained force supported by the clan over a thousand years; its core knights are selected for the secret mining expedition 32 33.
• Purple Thunder Guard: Elite troops accompanying Qie Yunzhou. His personal squad rides second-tier Flying Frost Colts and wears black-and-purple armor 19.
• City influence: Most Cloud Sea Prefecture City guards are described as Qie Clan men, reflecting the family’s entrenched local position 19.
• Hereditary servants: Some households have served the clan for generations, with their relatives and friends living within its sphere 9.
• Residential community: Apart from maids and some guards, clan personnel live along the same street as the main residence 19.

Holdings and Resources

Cultivation Inheritance

Notable Equipment and Acquisitions

• Thunder Star Sword — Ancient purple Demigod sword left to protect the clan by its strongest ancestor; wielded by Qie Yunzhou 7.
• Azure Peak Sword — Pinnacle second-tier alchemical weapon formerly used by Qie Yunzhou as a Silver Moon Knight, later passed to Qie Qiong 10.
• Thunder Scale Secret Armor — Two garments supplied by Lin Wantang for the assault on the Xiong Clan 22.
• Xiong Clan spoils — Gold, earth vein jade marrow, thunder adamantine, a spatial teleportation scroll, cultivation manuals, and alchemical equipment. Qie Yunzhou proposes exchanging surplus manuals for resources or making them available to knights through contributions 24.

Policies and Security

• Concealed breakthroughs: The family hides Qie Qiong’s exceptional progress to avoid attracting stronger enemies. His Title Rank is publicly announced at sixteen despite being reached at eleven; his later Demigod breakthrough is presented only as a Transcendent advancement 12 26 33.
• Rewards for loyalty: Qi Lingfei receives a share of the assassination party’s valuables and access to a library skill after proving loyal 15 19.
• Merit-based distribution: Captured manuals and equipment can be exchanged through contributions or awarded for service 24.
• Mining secrecy: Workers are paid generously but required to remain at the vein for years. Unauthorized departure carries a death sentence 33 35.
• Cultivation opportunities for workers: The Extreme Thunder World’s dense energy offers miners a potential path to Human Rank if they obtain a clan cultivation method 35.
• Local defense: Fang Yun and Qi Lingfei handle most mortal-level trouble, while Qie Qiong reserves his intervention for Transcendent threats 41.

External Relationships

• Xiong Clan — Thousand-year hereditary enemy. Its espionage and assassination attempts culminate in the defeat of its leaders by Qie Yunzhou and Qie Qiong and the destruction of the remaining clan by Cangshan County City’s factions 7 16 23 24.
• Thunder Imperial Family — Former ruling authority. Relations become openly hostile after Lin Wantang’s captivity and exploitation 34 38.
• Lieyang Clan — Opportunistic occupier of the Qie Clan’s mortal properties. Its patriarch and elders accept responsibility after Qie Qiong’s return 39.
• Cloud Sea Prefecture City — Long-standing home and principal local base. The clan enjoys a favorable reputation and extensive influence within the city guard 13 19 32 33.
• Thunder Empire — Homeland for more than a millennium, but no longer a cause Qie Qiong is willing to defend merely out of historical allegiance after the imperial family’s actions 41 42.
• Space-Time Island Lord — Qie Qiong’s master. He provides Qie Qiong with cultivation resources and a Clone Technique before Qie Qiong returns to the clan and becomes a Deity 44 45.